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Mecosta, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
Population (2000): 440
Housing Units (2000): 200
Land area (2000): 1.143838 sq. miles (2.962526 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.143838 sq. miles (2.962526 sq. km)
FIPS code: 52760
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 43.621196 N, 85.231882 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49332
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Housing Units (2000): 200
Land area (2000): 1.143838 sq. miles (2.962526 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.143838 sq. miles (2.962526 sq. km)
FIPS code: 52760
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 43.621196 N, 85.231882 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49332
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Mecosta -- U.S. County in Michigan
Population (2000): 40553
Housing Units (2000): 19593
Land area (2000): 555.692631 sq. miles (1439.237247 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 15.410997 sq. miles (39.914298 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 571.103628 sq. miles (1479.151545 sq. km)
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 43.648515 N, 85.354297 W
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Housing Units (2000): 19593
Land area (2000): 555.692631 sq. miles (1439.237247 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 15.410997 sq. miles (39.914298 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 571.103628 sq. miles (1479.151545 sq. km)
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 43.648515 N, 85.354297 W
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Wikipedia
Mecosta
Mecosta was a 19th-century Potawatomi chief. His name in the Potawatomi language was Mkozdé , meaning "Having a Bear's Foot" but the name was recorded in English to mean "Big Bear."
Mecosta was born near what is today Big Rapids, Michigan. Mecosta County, Michigan is named for him.
Mecosta is best known as a signer of the Treaty of Logansport on April 22, 1836, which ceded lands reserved in the Treaty of Tippecanoe, and began the removal of Mecosta's band of Potawatomi from Indiana to lands west of the Mississippi River.
The following places in Michigan are directly or indirectly named for the chief:
- Lake Mecosta in Mecosta County, Michigan
- Mecosta, Michigan
- Mecosta County, Michigan
- Mecosta Township, Michigan
Usage examples of "mecosta".
Yes, this is an original panel from a two-seater outhouse that once belonged to a German pig farmer in Mecosta County.